Thursday, 17 November 2011

Need Persian Food? Niavaran is Open



Thought I'ld bump a local that's only been open for a few weeks. It's next to the Hanaya restaurant on Pacifc High way. If you know anyone who identifies as Persian or Iranian let tehm know about this sotre. Tell Afghanis or Indians too.

Friday, 11 November 2011

CWA Fans guarding Hornsby Park


I wonder what will happen when the demolition crew arrives and how the pigeons will react?

They seem to like the CWA building? Mmm?

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Blessed be our local bakery


Blessed be our local bakery! Okay its NOT Pattison's and the local Baker's Delight has a wider range of wholemeal and mixed grain breads but they do a great soft flat white bun and shell rolls and I recommend their blueberry and almond pies and the chocolate slices! MMM!
They's on th eeast (MAIN MALL) sid eof the station right near the ramp and the Quality Butchers.

Finally on special occassions they do a great medium and family size pull apart damper bread!

Sometimes you want and have to eat WHITE Bread! Say with burgers or sausages.
Perhaps you have some one inhte house who cant eat hard bread ?

Do try their buns.

The best recommendation.

As  a local I so often see people carrying a white bag of rolls and I know they've been at Joseph's!

***********

P.S. It's okay to use the comments box if you want to recommend other local Hornsby Shire Bakeries!

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

A followup to the Mystery House Post

I've noticed over the last few weeks the "mystery" house in Pretoria Parade has had most of its front yard at least cleaned up so hopefully my previous post motivated someone to tidy up or help the occupant tidy up?

Best wishes whoever did help?

Monday, 24 October 2011

New Japanese Restaurant coming to Hornsby

Looks like Hornsby is getting a new Japanese restaurant called KIMONO in Coronation St sometime soon?

I was walking back from TAFE and saw the sign going up the other day.

Mori in the same street and Asahi around the corner will be getting competition.

Let's hope the owners have something new to offer ?

Hornsby also has Hanaya further up the highway and 4 Japanese / Korean shops in the food court at Westside plus Tokyo Ramen and 2 more sushi takeway places downstairs on the bottom level.

Should be interesting to see what they have to offer? More sushi or something different?

Monday, 17 October 2011

Occupy Hornsby Park Protestor


Copyright J. Vaux 2011

Lately we have been seeing Occupy London and Wall Street and Sydney but we already have resident protestors in Hornsby park! This resident protestor for avian rights was occupying the pergola over the walkway and carefully watching me watch him or her with my camera!

I wondering how the demolition and construction crews for the Pool and CWA will cope with a flock of irate cockatoos? I doubt the mob of sulphur crested cockatoos who come up from Galston Gorge or wherever it is they roost at night will be very pleased to see the park altered. It's one of the places they visit for grass seed. Then again maybe the workers might feed them and that'll stop them chewing on people's outdoors timber furnishings trim and other woodwork?

Actually given that the park is using as a bus stop by interstate and country buses I'm surprised no one's thought of setting up a bird feeding station for the local pigeons, cockatoos, and other birds, as a tourist attraction?

followers however few forgive gap in posts had ISP and other problems last week

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

oh that westfield food court "ambiance"

To the joy and horror of shoppers at Westfield Mall in Hornsby the food court is being given new ambiance!

At least that's what manangement calls it. Ambiance however apparently means LESS seats than before. Seats with padded backing ripped out and EVEN less seats for single dining since people in groups grab the chairs and move them to larger tables. Oh there are a few more tables but ... the school holiday crowding is even worse now!

Well I went down to the office to complain. They claim .... hard to believe ... that school holidays and xmas are the only time they could get the tables and seats "upgraded". On the positive side they did say more seats have been ordered. Meanwhile it takes twice as long to find a seat and with the bad weather we've been giving.

NOT HAPPY HORNSBY WESTFIELD!